Moon River Foods is investing $3 million to build a fish processing operation in Baird, Miss.

When the project is completed, Moon River Foods will employ 100 people in Baird. Moon River will work with contracted fishermen through the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to harvest Asian carp from the Mississippi River and surrounding areas. The new Baird facility will process the carp. The facility should be up and running by the end of the year.

“We will try our best to make the project a success and provide job opportunities and economic development in the Mississippi Delta,” Xiaohan Zhu, chairman of Moon River Foods, said.

The company will partner with the Mississippi Development Authority, Sunflower County Economic Development District, Delta Council, Delta Wildlife, the Catfish Institute, USDA Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit, and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce on the project.

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